TonyVanDam said:

Yeah, when Tinkerbell swatted the Green Giant he had to protect his life.....
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SUPRMAN said:

Didn't she?

purplesweat said:

Not to still be showing bruising three weeks later! When did she stop bleeding? Last week?

Abuse victims almost always go back.

Abuse ain't love..... it's hate.

purplesweat said:

Bruising? Three weeks later? She didn't look THAT beat up.

Paparazzi seek proof of Chris Brown-Rihanna reunion
By Alex Dobuzinskis

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Celebrity photographers are jostling for proof of the apparent reconciliation of singer Chris Brown and Rihanna, whose stormy relationship has fascinated and stunned fans and feminists.

Photo agencies said on Monday that the first picture of the couple together again, three weeks after Brown's alleged assault on his girlfriend, would fetch at least $100,000.

Francois Navarre, owner of photo agency X17, said a shot of the "Umbrella" singer and her 19 year-old boyfriend is one of the most sought after in the celebrity news world -- right behind an elusive, idyllic family photo of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie with their six children.

People and Us Weekly have reported that Brown, whose hits include "Run It!" and "Kiss Kiss", and Barbados-born Rihanna, 21, spent the past weekend in Miami. E! Online reported that paparazzi in helicopters buzzed over the private estate where they were reported to be staying, trying to get photos.

"Dysfunction sells, crazy sells and the more people's relationships seems to be out of whack, everyone is just fascinated to watch them to see how it unravels," said Elayne Rapping, a professor and pop culture expert with University at Buffalo of the State University of New York.

Los Angeles prosecutors have yet to decide whether to formally charge Brown over the February 8 incident, which forced both stars to cancel their Grammy appearances the next day.

California law allows prosecutors to charge an individual with domestic violence, even if the couple reunites.

Celebrity Web site TMZ.com on Monday posted grainy video it said showed Rihanna and the clean-cut Brown exiting a jet separately in Los Angeles the night before.
"If somebody who has a squeaky clean image suddenly appears not to be so squeaky clean, I think that in many ways is a disturbing sense of, 'Aha gotcha, see you're just as bad as anyone else,'" Rapping said.

"We like to see them rise and then we like to see them come down," she said.

Psychiatrist Dr.Carole Lieberman, author of the book "Bad Boys," said the many comments posted on Web sites in support of Brown point to a larger trend.

"It reflects the growing war between the sexes, where men are feeling emasculated by increasingly powerful women and are more often resorting to abuse," Lieberman said.

In the meantime, photographic proof of the couple's reunion remains to be shot by an army of eager paparazzi.

But even photo agency prices are down in the poor economy.

"The same crisis as there is in the stock market we have in the photo market," Navarre said.

(Reporting by Alex Dobuzinskis: Editing by Jill Serjeant)
http://uk.reuters.com/art...5N20090303

bettybop said:

She could have work to do there and probably still has bruising.

Rihanna's Relatives Not Happy About Reconciliation
Rihanna may have spent the weekend in Miami with Chris Brown, but her family isn't quite ready for the tumultuous couple to reunite.

"Everyone wants them to take a break, to cool off," a relative of Rihanna tells PEOPLE after the pair returned to Los Angeles together early Monday morning. "No one wants them back together."

Family thought that the relationship was over after Brown allegedly battered Rihanna on Feb. 8. The couple went their own ways for awhile – he went home, while she recuperated in Barbados and Mexico – but the separation was short-lived.

The pair reunited in Miami last weekend, spending time at the Star Island mansion of Sean "Diddy" Combs. A source close to the couple told PEOPLE that the couple was "definitely together" and working on a reconciliation.

"I'm concerned," continues the relative. "I don't want her to make a mistake, and I don't want her to ever go through this again."

But the entire trip wasn't devoted to the relationship. While in Miami, Brown did some recording at a studio designed by Lenny Kravitz located in the Setai hotel. "He was here to record," a source told PEOPLE. He also spent some time Jet skiing at the beach.

The couple left Miami early Monday morning on the same plane, arriving in Southern California.

When she was in the car or on the beach she wasn't covering her head. Now all of a sudden she is acting like Michael Jackson and the only difference seems to be Chris' presence. That's what makes me think she knows deep down that she is playing herself or knows how people see her and she doesn't want to face it. Chris, meanwhile, is jet skiing, recording new music at Lenny Kravitz' Miami studio etc. It's so bizarre.

If she stays with him after the court dates and all that, I can see Cover Girl dropping her like a hot potato. Celebs have the right to live how they please, and the public has the right to reject them if they do not like their image. And people are so put off by her now (well at least on the blogs) it aint even funny. Maybe when her career tanks along with his, these two will part (if they are truly thinking about being a couple).

Well, at least someone in her family has some sense.

A question to those that are critical to the whole story:

Is your point of view that Chris might have had good reasons to hit Rihanna?

That it's wrong but everyone is human and makes mistakes?

That Chris beating her might just be a fictional story created by Rihanna and her team?

A question to those that are critical to the whole story:

Is your point of view that Chris might have had good reasons to hit Rihanna?

That it's wrong but everyone is human and makes mistakes?

That Chris beating her might just be a fictional story created by Rihanna and her team?

A question to those that are critical to the whole story:

Is your point of view that Chris might have had good reasons to hit Rihanna?

That it's wrong but everyone is human and makes mistakes?

That Chris beating her might just be a fictional story created by Rihanna and her team?

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Can you say hyperbole?

SUPRMAN said:

Can you Please You know damn well you wouldn't need to defend yourself from the fists of a 5'2" woman. No matter your justification to respond you wouldn't need to crush her to deal with it and you know it.

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SUPRMAN said:

Can you Please You know damn well you wouldn't need to defend yourself from the fists of a 5'2" woman. No matter your justification to respond you wouldn't need to crush her to deal with it and you know it.

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When she was in the car or on the beach she wasn't covering her head. Now all of a sudden she is acting like Michael Jackson and the only difference seems to be Chris' presence. That's what makes me think she knows deep down that she is playing herself or knows how people see her and she doesn't want to face it. Chris, meanwhile, is jet skiing, recording new music at Lenny Kravitz' Miami studio etc. It's so bizarre.

If she stays with him after the court dates and all that, I can see Cover Girl dropping her like a hot potato. Celebs have the right to live how they please, and the public has the right to reject them if they do not like their image. And people are so put off by her now (well at least on the blogs) it aint even funny. Maybe when her career tanks along with his, these two will part (if they are truly thinking about being a couple).

Well, at least someone in her family has some sense.

bettybop said:

Yet again more "sources" and "the relative". No names? Still not believing it.

purplesweat said:

You mean you don't believe they have gotten back together to be a couple?

I am holding out to see if he's charged Thursday or if there's a deal. This "reunion" that according to media reports Brown leaked to the press himself, is timed so perfectly for his court date. The turn of events this weekend feels like PR maneuvering. We shall see...